R&D policy

An event on 2 February will mark the end of the lengthy negotiations and preparations for the next research programme. But with significant elements still to be settled, the funds won’t be flowing for a while

New President’s plans could make visas easier for foreign students and tech-industry workers – but it will be a long battle in Congress, and the debate is already underway 

A Science|Business survey finds the world research community is dying for the US to collaborate more on pandemic, climate and other science challenges

US is back in the World Health Organisation and the Paris climate agreement, but researchers predict the new president’s clean energy plans will face ‘ferocious’ opposition

On eve of inauguration, the US president-elect raises chief scientist to a cabinet-level position, and vows a return to the Paris climate accord ‘with the urgency the science demands’

Research expenditure continues to be a main source of errors in EU accounts. The reason is complex rules says the European Court of Auditors. MEPs are calling for simplification

“We are preparing the post-COVID world. A place where generations meet, life is affordable, the planet is protected and style matches with sustainability,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, launching first phase of the New European Bauhaus

With Brexit trade deal out of the way, the fine detail – and specific terms - of how non-EU countries collaborate in the new science programme can be discussed for the first time

‘We need to be more offensive and aggressive,’ says EU Internal Market commissioner Thierry Breton, as he outlines a plan to put hundreds of communications satellites into space to run the internet

The European Commission wants to green the research agenda and have the new programme running by June, to launch the first joint calls with Horizon Europe